Reviews of Habibi Funk 031, Kayatibu, and The Good Ones
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Global routes with TONY BURKE: May 23, 2024
The Jimi Hendrix of the kora, pure Soviet guitar and North African funk
SIMON DUFF relishes the cross contamination of Damien Hirst’s greatest hits by street artists from France and the US
In view of the grooming gangs inquiry, SIMON PARSONS feels the relevance of this powerful examination of trauma suffered at Medomsley Youth Detention Centre
JOHN GREEN doubts the motivations of a US war photographer who never questions why, or for whom, she is producing images of imperialist conflict
MARIA DUARTE reviews Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, Hedda, The Mastermind, and Regretting You
TONY CONWAY welcomes a thrilling and concise history of Hope not Hate, that is also a manual full of tactical advice
PAUL DONOVAN welcomes an inspiring account of living with deafness that has important lessons for the treatment of deaf people in today’s UK
N’FALY KOUYATE, the vocalist, kora and balafon player with the Afro-Celt Sound System, hails from Guinea in West Africa.
Dubbed the “Jimi Hendrix Of The Kora,” after moving to Belgium in 1994 he joined the Afro-Celts singing and playing the kora in a band that mixed electronic music with traditional Gaelic and West African music attracting Robert Plant and Peter Gabriel to take the stage with them.
In February this year N’Faly did a solo UK tour to promote his single Premier Pas and to prepare for the release for the release of his new solo set Re-Generation Part One.
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